Krypton

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Krypton

• By Brendan OLeary Dan Dragin
• Room 226

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• Chemical symbol Kr
• Atomic number 36
• Atomic mass 83.798amu
• Protons 36
• Electrons 36
• Neutrons 48

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Characteristic properties

• Boiling point -152.300C
• Melting point -156.60C
• Density 3.773 g/l

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Interesting facts

• Used for florescent lighting
• Named from the word Krytos (means, hidden)
• Family is noble Gasses
• Is a dense, odorless, colorless, and tasteless
  gas
• Non-radio active
• Harmless to life forms

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History

• (Gr. kryptos, hidden) Discovered in 1898 by Sir
  William Ramsay and M.W. Travers of Britain, in
  the residue left after liquid air had nearly
  boiled away

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Works cited

• Heiserman, David. "Element 36 Krypton.
  Exploring Chemical Elements and Their Compounds.
  1991.
• Stwertka, Albert. "Krypton."Aguide to the
  elements . 2nd. 1996.
• Newton, David. Chemical elements. 2. Farmington
  Hills,MI U.X.L, 1998.
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